A Life Debt Repaid

Chapter 1283

Cordy lay in bed, waiting for John.

He eventually emerged from the bathroom, absent-mindedly drying his hair as he changed into fresh pajamas.

He appeared surprised to find Cordy in bed. "Going to sleep too?"

"Can't I?"

"No,’' he quickly said. "I mean, you'd have trouble sleeping at the hospital while taking care of your grandfather."

Cordy pursed her lips-that certainly was not the case.

In private hospitals, one could enjoy the hospitality usually expected from five-star hotels. With people at your beck and call, it certainly did not dull in comparison to one.

Still, John did not seem to notice Cordy's feelings as he pulled up the blanket and got into bed.

after he did and slowly

taken aback-he almost could not recall a day when he was alone in the same room with Cordy, and he handily pulled her

he

Cordy's heart racing.

as if there was some unknown force at work

while, but John was not making a

that he could not sleep the night after

now, John was not moving at all, and she could not feel his

to find him sound asleep, his breathing rhythmic and his visage

disbelief-he actually fell asleep and very

to stay stuck on her chest and was left tossing and

twitching a little just then, as if to

weight, making her uncomfortable, so he moved aside-which left Cordy bristling! She was teasing him, only

dark circles under his eye, an obvious sign that he had been working very

she took